Attending the Crafts Festival

The Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival runs from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $7 each day ($5 for Laudholm Trust members). Save money with a 2-day Weekender pass, available for $10 ($8 members).

About the Festival

The Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival is held in Wells, Maine every September on the weekend after Labor Day. This prestigious event brings more than 100 artisans, selected by jury, to exhibit their wares for thousands of browsers. Music, food, and environmental education round out the 2-day festival, which takes place on the spectacular Laudholm campus of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.

You can help make the crafts festival a success. Call Nancy Viehmann at 207-646-1555 ext 118 if you can volunteer for a few hours. We can always use extra hands, but please call in advance.

Artisans — Here's How to Apply to the Crafts Festival

Participants in the Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival are selected by jury. Application materials are made available in January and are due in mid March (check application for deadline). Notifications are mailed in late March or early April. Find full details in the application materials below.

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Application Materials

The application window for the 2013 event is closed. If you would like to be notified when materials for the 2014 crafts festival become available, we ask that you provide your basic contact information below. (If your browser accepts cookies — by default, most do — you should only need to fill this form out once.) By including your email address, you will opt in to a helpful crafts festival notification list, but you may opt out at any time.